Animal: Human

Precision Cut Liver Slice from Healthy and Diseased Human Liver Tissue

Dr. Z. Gordon Jiang is a transplant hepatologist and physician-scientist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School. His research investigates lipid metabolism in liver diseases such as alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD). Dr. Jiang’s lab develops human cell-based liver models that illuminate how hepatocyte differentiation and regeneration are altered in disease, with the ultimate goal of identifying new therapeutic strategies.
Over the past two years, his team has advanced the use of Precision-Cut Liver Slices (PCLS), leveraging both healthy and diseased human tissues obtained via liver transplantation. In this webinar, Dr. Jiang will present technical refinements in the PCLS platform, insights into the biology of liver slices in culture, and emerging applications in translational research.

Written by on July 8, 2025

The Use of Precision-Cut Lung Slices in Pulmonary Fibrosis

Dr. Johad Khoury is a physician-scientist specializing in internal medicine and pulmonary medicine. After earning his M.D. from the Technion School of Medicine in Israel, he completed his internship and residency at Rambam Health Care Campus, followed by a clinical fellowship in pulmonary diseases at Carmel Medical Center. He later became a senior physician at Carmel, where he established the first post-COVID clinic in northern Israel, and developed the pulmonary division at EMMS Nazareth Hospital.

Written by on June 3, 2025

Microindentation of Fresh Soft Biological Tissue

Dr. Clíona McCarthy, a Senior Research and Development Engineer at Stryker, will present her research on Microindentation of Fresh Soft Biological Tissue. With a background in nursing and biomedical engineering, and a PhD focused on vascular tissue characterisation, Dr. McCarthy brings a unique perspective to this critical area of biomedical research.

Written by on January 21, 2025